There are so many things that can go wrong over the nearly 30,000 miles of the Vendée Globe: routing and tactical errors, boat breakages, collisions, sheer bad luck—you name it. And that’s why ...

I would not describe it as NBA-style trash talking, but some past and present Vendée Globe sailors have very opinionated ideas about who will most likely win the Everest of offshore solo races. Most ...

At the halfway mark in the Vendée Globe solo around-the-world sailboat race, three skippers have left the pack in their wake as they charged toward Point Nemo, the most remote spot on the planet, in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bill Springer would rather be on a superyacht. And he often is. I was wrong. Just check out this recent video footage shot from a ...

The ninth edition of the Vendee Globe starts in Les Sables-d'Olonne on Sunday. The 33 skippers in their state-of-the-art monohulls will head off on a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage.

Not many 66-year-olds would choose to spend three months alone at sea, eating instant oatmeal while trying to steer a 60-foot boat across the most demanding oceans on the planet. But Rich Wilson isn’t ...

The Vendée Globe sailing race ended last night just as it started 80 days earlier—with high drama on the high seas. The solo, round-the-world race, considered the “Everest of sailing,” was hard fought ...

A queue is forming at the stall by the gate of Camping La Plage. Clutching baguettes for breakfast, these eager shoppers are already stocking up for tonight's dinner. In Britain, you'd be unlikely to ...